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MURPHY v. FLORIDA (1975)
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| MURPHY v. FLORIDA |
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| Term: 1974 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: April 15, 1975 |
| Decided: June 16, 1975 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 8-1 |
| Majority |
| Harry Blackmun • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White |
| Concurring |
| Warren Burger |
| Dissenting |
| William Brennan |
MURPHY v. FLORIDA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 16, 1975. The case was argued before the court on April 15, 1975.
In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida Southern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Extra-legal jury influences: pretrial publicity
- Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: Florida
- Citation: 421 U.S. 794
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall
These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.
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